The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 5, 1981
Waxing Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 726
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 96.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -16.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.26° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.77° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.